How does SkyTrain Vancouver work?

SkyTrain provides high-frequency service, with trains arriving every 2 to 6 minutes at all stations during peak hours. Trains operate between 4:48 a.m. and approximately 1:30 a.m. on weekdays, with reduced hours on weekends on the Expo and Millennium lines.



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Using a Compass Card, Compass Ticket, contactless payment cards, or mobile wallet. When you travel on SkyTrain, SeaBus, or West Coast Express, tap your card, ticket, or mobile wallet to the card reader at the fare gates (or validator for West Coast Express) as you enter and exit a station to validate your fare.

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Launched in December 1985, SkyTrain is the oldest and one of the longest fully-automated, driverless, rapid transit systems in the world.

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The SkyTrains are automated and driverless. In theory, they are the perfect fit for a 24/7 service transit system. But, some parts of its infrastructure are 40 years old and require daily maintenance, most of which is done at night.

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There are permanent magnets in both the rail and the arm that surrounds the train, causing the arm and the train to repel each other and suspend the train.

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BC Transit is a Crown corporation that coordinates the delivery of public transportation across B.C. with the exception of those areas serviced by TransLink (Metro Vancouver).

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Frequency - Trains run on average once every 4 to 6 minutes throughout the day and evening, and about once every 10 minutes during late-night hours. Route/Stops - the train makes 12 stops, the final one at Waterfront Station in Downtown Vancouver.

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Expo Line connects Downtown Vancouver with the cities of Burnaby, New Westminster, and Surrey. Millennium Line takes you from East Vancouver through to Burnaby and into Port Moody and Coquitlam. Canada Line travels between Downtown Vancouver, the Vancouver International Airport (YVR), and Richmond.

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